humour /'hju:mә/
Meaning
English definition
- (n.) a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
- (n.) a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
- (n.) (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state
Chinese translation
- n. 幽默, 诙谐, 情绪, 体液
- vt. 使满足, 迁就
Word details
- Part of speech
- noun / verb
- Pronunciation
- /'hju:mә/
- Syllables
- 2
- Exam levels
- Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6
- Frequency
- Zipf 3.83 · Rare
Word forms
humouring, humoured, humours
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